restive
英 [ˈrestɪv]
美 [ˈrestɪv]
adj. 难驾驭的; 焦躁不安的; 不耐烦的
BNC.21619 / COCA.21413
牛津词典
adj.
- 难驾驭的；焦躁不安的；不耐烦的
unable to stay still, or unwilling to be controlled, especially because you feel bored or not satisfied
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 不耐烦的;厌烦的;不满的
If you arerestive, you are impatient, bored, or dissatisfied.- The audience grew restive.
观众变得不耐烦了。 - ...restive national minorities.
心怀不满的少数民族
- The audience grew restive.
英英释义
adj
- impatient especially under restriction or delay
- the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive
- being in a tense state
双语例句
- Reports say army units exchanged fire after one refused to shoot at protesters in restive city of Deraa.
报道说在德拉，一支叙利亚军队拒绝服从命令向抗议者开枪，之后两支军队发生交火。 - The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.
政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制，因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。 - For this reason the restive youth of China and Oman are different from those of north Africa.
基于这个理由，中国及阿曼那些躁动不安的年轻人与北非的年轻人截然不同。 - The audience was becoming restive as they waited for the performance to begin.
观众们在等待演出开始的时候，变得不耐烦了。 - The dogs were feeling restive because they sensed a storm was in the air.
狗表现焦躁不安，因为它们感觉到暴风雨就要来临了。 - Now Aleppo seems increasingly restive.
现在，阿勒颇似乎越来越躁动不安。 - Two Swedish journalists have told an Ethiopian court they were upholding the highest traditions of their profession when they were arrested in the company of rebels in the restive Ogaden region.
两名瑞典记者在埃塞俄比亚法庭上说，当他们在奥加登地区和叛军一同被捕时，是在为他们职业的最高传统标准尽责。 - It wants to find another country with which to share the burden of securing the restive province of Uruzgan.
它希望找到另一个国家来分担稳定难以控制的乌鲁兹根省的负担。 - When the singer was late, the audience grew restive.
歌手迟迟不出场，听众变得不耐烦了。 - The YAHOOS were the most filthy, noisome, and deformed animals which nature ever produced, so they were the most restive and indocile, mischievous and malicious;
“雅虎”是大自然所生的一种最肮脏、最有害、最丑恶的动物，因此它们最为倔强而又不可驯服，恶毒而又惹事生非；